This is a three-in-one entry. You will find all the contest links by clicking 50-word Story hosted by @jayna, Mizu No Oto - Every Image Has Its Haiku Contest hosted by @bananafish, and THE ONE HAIKU CONTEST YOU CANNOT MISS hosted by @vdux.
She calls from the room, "James, bring me a wet rag."
I'm a six-year-old boy who does as he's told. My baby brother's forehead is dripping blood.
"Good-bye," she says waving me on.
Exiting, I close the door and hear, "Stop your fucking crying before I really lay into you!"
[photo credit: @f3nix]
Lonely tracks, a friend of mine.
Breathe, inhale - exhale
In a world he never made
A man's soul is changed
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- The Most Dangerous Writing App - This program keeps me from getting to bogged down with what I think is the perfect way. It forces me to keep writing no matter what comes to mind.
- Grammarly - I use this app all the time to catch my mistakes. If I didn't have a spell checker, you would be lost in my world. haha!
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twenty-four hour short story - You gotta be quick to get this one posted in time. He posts the contest on Sunday (usually) and ends it about 48 hours later. This contest has a 2000 word limit.
Finish the Story Contest - The contest begins on Wednesday (usually) and end 5 days later. This contest will test your write skills with something a little different each week. Pletty of time to write something around the 500 word mark.
Random Games - Yes, random. She will put this contest out on Thursdays (usually) and end it after post pay out (usually). This is challenging because you don't know what you are going to get.
Steem Monsters Common Card Fantasy Story Contest! - Coming out roughly every week. If you enjoy card games like Magic, Yugio, and others like it, you might like this game. Write a fictional tale about the card they present in the contest and your entry just might be the one they choose to showcase.
Tell A Story To Me, And Win 5 SBD! Writing Contest - Kind of random when it comes out but don't worry. You will have two weeks to complete your work of art from the given prompt. Have fun!
Haiku - These are coming out every couple days or so. If you stuggle with rhymes, no worries. Haikus don't have to rhyme. All you need to make a haiku is five syllable on the first, seven syllables in the second line, and again back to five syllable for the last line. So easy it makes me think I'm being super product. LOL
50-word Challenge - This is an interesting challenge and very challenging to say the least. You only get fifty words to tell a story or a vignettes. Here is a great post that will explain the difference between the two concepts. Good luck, Brave Story Writer!
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@f3nix Sweet! Thanks mate. I've been having trouble with the site loading. I'm glad to know it worked for you.
if you come over to the discord we can help you out
I have discord.
There's so much lived life inside your haiku.. I truly liked it and what a mood with that final line. Bravo!
Reading the comments on the winner posts has helped me formulate better words and gain a better understand of what a quality haiku looks like. So, I thank you and your team.
The picture alone had my brain working for days until I sat down to write it.
I say that you're on the right track.. keep checking the examples of haiku that Marco inserts in his posts or read true Haiku poetry (Matsuo Basho, Kobayashi Issa..) 👍
Nice haiku!
(Please, next time could you put the Steemit link under the contest post instead of Steampeak one? It would be make easier to comment and upvote for Bananafish ;) )
Not a problem.
If you don't mind, what has been the problem? I can upvote, comment, and resteem just fine, but it seems some others are having issues as well.
I really like the steempeak platform because of the interface.
The problem is due to @bananafish being an account used by many people. I'm in charge of Mizu No Oto contest, but I don't have the active key
@marcorniccardi Thanks. understood.
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I think both haiku are brilliant and lovely--though I prefer the first. Sharp contrast to the 50 word entry. No better example than this stark division to demonstrate that there is nothing simple about the human psyche.
I hope the story is a product of imagination and not autobiographical.
Unfortunately, the 50-worder is real life this time. (James is my birth name I no long use.) I had to talk about it recently for an interview to get into EMDR (http://emdr-therapy.com/). - The scene is kind of fucking me up at the moment. I hope the EMDR works so I can process this shit and feel better about being on this planet.
I've walked those tracks (not the ones in the picture) so it touch home. I can't wait to read the reviews. The in-sights on how to write these has been helpful. I like getting better at these.
I suspected. Writing I think is great for working through this stuff. Having a traumatic, difficult past is something many great writers have in common. Some writers only blossomed, for example, after being released from prison. I hope EMDR works. It's new to me. But it seems like it can't hurt. Thanks for your honesty. That's also something essential to good writing.
I think I scare many people away because I say what is on my mind. I'm struggling to find a way to get it out. Sometimes writing it out online for other to read has worked and at times it does not. I don't know how to get this stuff out in a constructive manner. It is a struggle.
Thanks for you reply. It is thoughtful.
You don't scare me :)
Ha! Give me time. I not a magician, you know.
Thanks for the laugh.
Another great haiku (two, really)!
This haiku is awesome!!! Perfectly capturing the moment, stood on the tracks, yet again, thinking over, so much in this. Worthy of it's own post ;)
Thank you @calluna. I got the idea to do multiple post from a fellow haikuist. I like it because people get a little more and they are so short.
Those tracks are all to familiar. It is a beautiful picture.
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@calluna made me smile! awesome.
That is why I took the cue from you. 8-)
Ya, rough start in life. This week has been particularly difficult because I had to speak about this with a person who is going to do EMDR with me.